Aubree Nesbitt’s cookie earrings are her most popular designs. ContributedArticle contentAubree Nesbitt has a passion that is blooming.THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY.Subscribe now to access this story and more:Unlimited access to the website and appExclusive access to premium content, newsletters and podcastsFull access to the e-Edition app, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment onEnjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalistsSupport local journalists and the next generation of journalistsSUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES.Subscribe or sign in to your account to continue your reading experience.Unlimited access to the website and appExclusive access to premium content, newsletters and podcastsFull access to the e-Edition app, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment onEnjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalistsSupport local journalists and the next generation of journalistsRegister to unlock more articles.Create an account or sign in to continue your reading experience.Access additional stories every monthShare your thoughts and join the conversation in our commenting communityGet email updates from your favourite authorsSign In or Create an AccountorArticle contentThe Nova Scotia teen’s passion is for making polymer clay earrings, and it’s one that led her to winning the 2025 Passion that Booms contest at the Apple Blossom Festival last May.Article contentArticle contentThe 13-year-old from Aylesford, N.S., is a Grade 8 student at Pine Ridge Middle School in the Annapolis Valley. For almost eight years, she has been running her own business, but it’s taken different forms over time.Article contentArticle contentNesbitt has always been a creative person with an entrepreneurial streak. For example, Nesbitt first had a passion for drawing and would draw Squishmallows and hang them on her door to “sell”. From there, she fell into Rainbow Loom bracelets, which lasted all of Grade 5, until she finally got into making clay bead bracelets.Article contentAnd now, for the past 10 months or so, she has settled on creating clay earrings.Article content Grade 8 student Aubree Nesbitt created a clay earring making business called a Purrfect Pair. ContributedArticle contentGetting startedArticle contentThe impetus for this creative line came from a time when Nesbitt attended a craft fair with her mother, Brooke Nesbitt, who operates Mama Bees Home Bakery. There, she saw a clay maker, and the idea was planted.Article contentToday, Nesbitt operates the business A Purrfect Pair, where she likes to focus on having fun while creating products for her business to keep the positivity and creativity long-lasting.Article contentTo learn the art of clay making, Nesbitt says she practiced and experimented. This involved a lot of trial and error, she says. And when she ran out of ideas, she just searched “polymer clay earring designs” on TikTok.Article contentArticle content Aubree Nesbitt, 13, has been running her own business for eight years now, but has only been making clay earrings for the past 10 months. ContributedArticle contentOut of everything she makes, Nesbitt says her most popular items have been hearts because she did a sale in February for Valentine’s Day, and it was just hearts. She made around 20 to 40 pairs of heart earrings. After the hearts, her next most popular item is her cookie earrings.Article contentArticle contentNesbitt tells a funny story about the first time she made one of her designs. It was a cake slice that started with almost a circle of clay.Article content“I didn’t have any tools yet or any chalk, so it looked super bad, and it had a bunch of fingerprints on it too,” she laughs.Article contentShe never could go back and make another one because the first one was so bad, she says. So, now this original cake design just sits in her earring container that holds the backs of her earrings.Article contentApple Blossom winnerArticle contentNesbitt has had lots of positive experiences, too. For example, this past spring, she participated in the Passions that Bloom youth competition, which was part of the Apple Blossom Festival. She says the whole experience was a lot of fun.
MEET THE MAKERS: NS teen building business with creative clay earrings
